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Elton John Visits IPS Ceramics [April Fools 2025]

Posted by Tom Evans on April 1, 2025

The employees of IPS Ceramics received a grand surprise when none other but Elton John came to their premises.

Elton John, a 55-year-old postal worker from Newcastle-under-Lyme, said to us: “No, for the last time, I’m not Elton John the singer, I’m a normal guy who just happens to also be called Elton John. Please don’t make a news post about me, it’s a complete coincidence. Now do you want your parcel or not?”

Thomas Evans, IPS’ marketing executive, said: “It’s amazing how humble Elton John is; he doesn’t take credit for any of his songs, and he asked for my signature, not the other way around. Looks nothing like you’d expect outside his stage costumes, either.”

This story comes after Olly Murs was seen buying a meal deal in a Stoke-on-Trent Tesco, continuing the area’s great tradition of being passed through by the mildly famous on their way from Birmingham to Manchester.

When asking Elton John’s manager for further comment, we got a stock email from them asking: “What is this, an April Fool?”

IPS Ceramics are world renowned manufacturers of Kiln Furniture, Silicon Carbide and Technical Ceramics.